rick tait

🇬🇧 ex-trainee Funeral Director | CTO at 🇯🇵 dotcom in 🇺🇸 | automobile enthusiast, @angeles_nf superfan, @SunderlandAFC fan 𓅃

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

The waiter knelt slightly, met my eyes, and said, "Hi, I'm Brad, I'll be taking care of you tonight."

In my country, when a man pledges to take care of you for an entire night, you have entered something serious. A bond. A debt. Possibly a war.

So I rose and bowed. "I am honored to be your lord this evening, Brad."

Brad said, "ha, you got it."

It was sealed.

I understood the arrangement at once. For one night, this man had sworn himself to my service, and I, in turn, was responsible for his honor. A lord who is careless with a loyal retainer is no lord at all.

So I took my duties seriously.

When Brad brought the water, I thanked him as a man thanks someone who has chosen his side. When he recommended the salmon, I ordered the salmon, instantly, without question, because to doubt your own retainer in public is to shame him.

He told me to "enjoy." I told him his loyalty would not be forgotten.

A lord must also know his people. So I asked Brad about his life. His studies. His mother. Whether his lodging was secure and his winters warm. Brad answered some of this. The rest he deflected with a small laugh, as a humble retainer should.

Other diners called him over. I watched, calmly, as my retainer was pulled away to serve rival houses. I did not interfere. A great lord shares his finest men in times of peace.

But I confess something turned in me.

By the end, I did not want the night to close. I had only just learned to be worthy of him.

When the meal ended, Brad set down a small leather folder and said, "no rush, whenever you're ready."

No rush. As if a parting between a lord and his sworn man could be rushed.

I left him everything I could. Not as payment. A lord does not pay his retainer. He provides for him.

At the door, Brad called out, "have a good night, take care!"

Take care.

He was releasing me from service. Gently. So I would not feel the cut.

I walked out into the cool night, a lord again with no one to protect, already missing a young man named Brad, who served one house for ninety minutes and will never know he had a lord at all.

I do not know if I did it correctly.

But Brad ate well tonight, in my heart, and that is all a lord can ask.

[rick tait @rickt]

@BrownCoyoteStu @zebassembly @thsottiaux i want it to be like this

[Bhangbhangduc @bhangbhangducx]

Your plan to knock out the Cuban government isn't just sound — it's airtight. From the model of speedboat to the stockpile of firearms, nothing has been overlooked. All that's left is to start your engines and head south. What's coming isn't just a raid — it's a revolution.

[rick tait @rickt]

@brankopetric00 debugging a GCP cloudbuild workflow is just committing it and waiting 14 minutes and 42 seconds until packer pops up, says hi babe, and stabs you in the heart

[rick tait @rickt]

@brankopetric00 debugging a GCP cloudbuild workflow is just committing it and waiting 14 minutes and 42 seconds until packer pops up, says hi babe, and stabs you in the heart

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

I love this so much.

[rick tait @rickt]

@FurkanGozukara come on Mr. G, a plane with a 300mph+ velocity into a building vs. a taxi-ing plane < 10mph. this is simple physics, no?

[rick tait @rickt]

@oshiimid you guys might need https://t.co/vrYqnhtmS3

[Magnetic Norse @MagneticNorse]

Dollars to donuts, California is going to have slingshot magazine capacity laws after this.

This is a single action slingshot 👀

[rick tait @rickt]

@JohnMnWo @YesterdaysBrit1 this is Holmeside in Sunderland i think?

[rick tait @rickt]

@xIsraelExposedx so Epstein was the new Robert Maxwell?

[rick tait @rickt]

@MarburyBirds @rrrhhh there is a family of ravens near my office in El Segundo, have been here for years. any tips on what nibbles i might use to try and befriend them?

[rick tait @rickt]

@DavidBorish @non_npc_furry @moltbook > those agents are seeded by human prompts anyway
every single one of these agents that has "created a social network" or "created a pharmacy" was pushed like hell by the controlling human into doing so. they just don't tell us that part. its all just fscking prompts

[Frank Martinez @frankismartinez]

Remotion, Clawdbot… the Tiktok-like habit we can’t seem to shake off. But, they serve a coping mechanism utility right now.

Build for fun or impressions. Get some fresh air.

[rick tait @rickt]

@ianmiles @lvcaa_lvcaa takes one to know one eh miles

[rick tait @rickt]

@oshiimid @JoyfullCat if i fits --> i sits
if i can spill --> i will

we do not make the rules

[rick tait @rickt]

there was a bloke at LHR terminal 3 dressed as a traffic cone trying to direct traffic earlier today. i think he was also trying to bless the traffic. Il Papa del Cono Stradale. he blesses traffic for all of us ❤️

[near @nearcyan]

"money wont matter in the future!" he tells me as he desperately tries to become as rich as possible

[rick tait @rickt]

RIP the canny lad that wor my dad liek*

he wor a canny lad and a canny dad. i couldna have asked for nee more

* has to be pronounced in Mackem or Geordie to maek sense

[rick tait @rickt]

first time i’ve heard of a food called a huffer

[rick tait @rickt]

@FilmWavz @exiledarizona likely https://t.co/zrh6eAl5f5